EL SARGENTO UNA FIGURA CON MAS DE MEDIO MILENIO// THE SERGEANT A FIGURE WITH MORE THAN HALF A MILLENNIUM
Se está marchando el año 2024 y con él las celebraciones del cincuenta centenario de la creación de la Academia General Básica de Suboficiales, ubicada en Talarn (Lérida). Han corrido ríos de tinta de artículos y actos, sobre tan importante fecha, hasta el punto de haberse editado incluso, un décimo de lotería para recordarla.
Para poner en valor lo que esta
efeméride representa, en espacial por la figura del sargento moderno, habría
que ver de donde procede y para ello tendríamos que retroceder hasta le época de
los Reyes Católicos. Fue entonces cuando vieron la necesidad de nombrar un
empleo, que fuese un eslabón entre los oficiales y la tropa, aunque a lo largo
de los siglos el sargento, llegó a ser oficial, suboficial y tropa.
En algunos vestigios históricos fijan la figura del sargento en el año 1494, creado
con el fin de adiestrar e instruir a la tropa, inculcándoles la disciplina que debían mantener.Durante la existencia del Servicio
Militar obligatorio, (popularmente denominada mili), se conocía a los mozos
como “quintos” palabra que tiene su origen en el reinado de Juan II de
Castilla, pues se movilizaba a la formación castrense de forma temporal a uno
de cada cinco jóvenes. La Capitanía mandada por un capitán, tenía un centenar
de hombres y para manejarlos había dos sargentos.
En un principio la diferencia en el porte exterior que distinguía un sargento de los
soldados era el uso de la alabarda. Posteriormente se fueron añadiendo distintivos y características especiales. Hasta llegar a la clasificación actual, en que esta encuadrado en el cuerpo de suboficiales.En formación salvo las divisas,
el sargento sigue manteniendo el correaje y armamento igual que la tropa, de la
que tácticamente es jefe de pelotón.
Las divisas pasaron por muchas
fases y vicisitudes, hasta llegar al reglamento actual de uniformidad. Que
manteniendo los tres galones estos van en la manga en el uniforme de etiqueta,
las hombreras en el de paseo y en parche en el de faena.
En este sentido “La Básica” creo
un nexo entre armas y cuerpos, pues estableció que el primero de los tres
cursos, fuese común y terminados los cursos asistir conjuntamente a recoger sus
despachos de sargento.
La figura del sargento es
primordial no solo en el ejército español, sino también en los de países
aliados. En 1995, fui invitado al concierto de Navidad que realizaba la banda
de música de un regimiento inglés destacado en Belfast (Irlanda del Norte),
antes de la actuación en el Ayuntamiento, realizó varias interpretaciones en
distintas plazas de la ciudad. La dirección de la banda corría a cargo de un
major (comandante), cuando terminaba la interpretación en una plaza y se
dirigía a otra, el director, salía de su puesto, y tomaba el mando un sargento,
con bastón incluido, quien daba las ordenes de movimiento oportunos y realizaba
el traslado, mientras el comandante seguía a la formación en un lateral a unos
cinco pasos de ella.
Otro hito histórico de la
Academia fue la de poder promocionar procedente de la calle, con lo que lo que
se rejuveneció un poco la edad del empleo. Aunque la
promoción interna, hizo
retroceder este campo. Siendo muy largos los tiempos de empleo en la escala,
haciendo comparación con otros ejércitos como el italiano o el francés.
Se conoce este empleo como
sargento, dimanante de la palabra francesa “sarjant” pero hubo momentos de la
historia, en que se le llegó a denominar “Maríscalo de Logis”. Hoy día en
Italia se conoce a los suboficiales como Maresciallo. Aunque el Mariscal
general, sea el jefe del Estado Mayor del Ejército.
Sin entrar en la valoración sobre la formación táctica, intelectual y técnica de los que les precedieron, hoy los sargentos de la AGBS salen con conocimientos técnicos adecuados a los tiempos y material moderno que se pone en sus manos, su rodaje es el que infunde carácter y respeto a los subalternos que el mando deposita en sus manos. Participando activamente en reuniones, cursos, foros y otras vicisitudes a nivel internacional.
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The year 2024 is leaving and with it the celebrations of the fiftieth centenary of the creation of the General Basic Academy of Non-Commissioned Officers, located in Talarn (Lleida). Rivers of ink have flowed from articles and events, on such an important date, to the point of even having published a lottery ticket to remember it.
To value what this event represents, especially
because of the figure of the modern sergeant, we would have to see where it
comes from and for this we would have to go back to the time of the Catholic
Monarchs. It was then that they saw the need to appoint a job, which would be a
link between the officers and the troops, although over the centuries the
sergeant became an officer, non-commissioned officer and troop.
In some historical vestiges they fix the figure
of the sergeant in the year 1494, created in order to train and instruct the
troops, instilling in them the discipline that they should maintain.
During the existence of compulsory military
service, (popularly called mili), the young men were known as
"quintos", a word that has its origin in the reign of John II of
Castile, since one in five young people were mobilized to military training
temporarily. The Captaincy, commanded by a captain, had a hundred men and to
handle them there were two sergeants.
At first, the difference in the outer bearing
that distinguished a sergeant from the soldiers was the use of the halberd.
Later, special badges and characteristics were added. Until reaching the
current classification, in which he is framed in the non-commissioned officer
corps.
In formation except for the badges, the
sergeant continues to maintain the belt and armament just like the troops, of
which he is tactically the platoon leader.
The currencies went through many phases and
vicissitudes, until they reached the current regulation of uniformity. That
keeping the three chevrons they go on the sleeve in the formal uniform, the
shoulder pads in the walking uniform and in the patch on the work uniform.
The Non-Commissioned Officer Academy marked a before and after in the training of the
sergeant. Regardless of the different vicissitudes in the Tercios of Flanders and subsequent times, since the middle of the last century, first corporals arrived at sergeant, who met the psychophysical conditions and who carried out two phases of training, one at a distance and the other in person at the Schools of Application and Shooting. The specialists had to be trained in the Polytechnic Institutes of the Army. If a 1st corporal had not been in service for two years, he had to wait until he had completed the tests to be promoted.In this sense, "La Básica" created a
link between arms and corps, since it established that the first of the three
courses would be common and once the courses were completed, they would attend
together to pick up their sergeant offices.
The figure of the sergeant is essential not
only in the Spanish army, but also in those of allied countries. In 1995, I was
invited to the Christmas concert performed by the brass band of an English
regiment stationed in Belfast (Northern Ireland), before the performance at the
City Hall, he performed several performances in different squares of the city.
The direction of the band was in charge of a major (commander), when the
performance in one square ended and went to another, the director, left his
post, and a sergeant, with a baton included, took command, who gave the
appropriate orders of movement and carried out the transfer, while the
commander followed the formation on one side about five steps from it.
Another historical milestone of the Academy was
to be able to promote from the street, which rejuvenated the age of employment
a little. Although internal promotion made this field regress. The times of use
in the scale are very long, making a comparison with other armies such as the
Italian or the French.
This job is known as sergeant, derived from the
French word "sarjant" but there were moments in history when it was
called "Maríscalo de Logis". Today in Italy non-commissioned officers
are known as Maresciallo. Although the Marshal General is the Chief of Staff of
the Army.
Without going into the assessment of the
tactical, intellectual and technical training of those who preceded them, today
the sergeants of the AGBS leave with technical knowledge appropriate to the
times and modern material that is put in their hands, their shooting is what
instills character and respect in the subordinates that the command places in
their hands. Actively participating in meetings, courses, forums and other
vicissitudes at the international level.
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